Effects of Bed Nets and Anti-Malaria Drugs Use on Childhood Mortality in Kenya’s Malaria Endemic and Epidemic Areas
BMC public health(2015)
摘要
The Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS) data collected since 1989 indicate that malaria prone areas have consistently recorded the highest childhood mortality rates. Malaria control programme information also indicates that malaria contributes to about 20 per cent of the deaths among under-five year old children. The 2009–2017 National Malaria Strategy is being implemented to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality. Its key interventions include: bed nets use; anti-malaria drugs use during pregnancy for prevention; and, prompt treatment using anti-malaria drugs of children with fever. This study seeks to establish differentials in childhood mortality rates by these interventions in three malaria prone areas defined as highland epidemic, coast endemic and lake endemic. It also seeks to determine the effects of these interventions on childhood mortality.
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Childhood mortality,Bed nets,Anti-malaria drugs,Malaria epidemic and endemic,Kenya
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